Eyelash buffer



0a. 22, 1946. ALTMAN 2,409,823

EYELASH BUFFER Filed Jan. 1, 1945 INVENTDR. Ma /1a K 19W] i g PatentedOct. 22, 1946 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE EYELASH BUFFER Clara J.Altman, Detroit, Mich.

Application January 1, 1945, Serial No. 570,900

1 Claim. 1

This application relates to eyelash buifer and discloses a novel form ofbuffer and holder.

The buffer hereof is disclosed in the appended drawing whose Fig. l isan end view of the holder of the butler; and whose Fig. 2 is an end viewof the holder with the sponge rubber buffer therein;

Fig. 3 is a side view showing the holder, with the buffer in place;

Fig. 4 is a plan view of the holder only, with the buffer shown indotted lines;

Fig. 5 is a diagrammatic view illustrating the use of the device.

The eyelash buffer hereof comprises a long bar of sponge rubber having asquare cross section so as to provide a plurality of long sharp edges Il. The holder l2 for the bar is arranged to grip the bar at its ends.The holder comprises a central rod or handle portion M and twotransverse end portions [5, each having a central hole I6 so that ineffect the end portions are in the form of rings which detachablyreceive the ends of the sponge rubber bar.

The buifer hereof may be held by the fingers of the user at the centralhandle portion and moved toward an eyelash, for example, the uppereyelash 20 as shown in Figure 5, so that one edge thereof rubs againstthe upper eyelash from below. The bufier can thus be manipulated to wipeoff excess mascara, and also to spread mascara evenly over the entirelash, and also the buffer may be used to fluff the eyelash, brushing orcombing it, and thus overcome the tendency of the mascara to cause theseparate hairs of the eyelash to stick together.

The buffer may also be wetted so as to be useful to wash mascara off aneyelash without disturbing the face make-up.

Now having described the buffer herein disclosed, reference should behad to the claim which follows:

I claim:

An eyelash buffer comprising a sponge rubber bar and a holder therefor,the bar being elongated and formed with several fiat sides and aplurality of longitudinally extending sharp edges, the holder being inthe form of a long base formed with transversely extending rings at itsends detachably receiving and gripping the ends of the bar, whereby onlythe ends of the bar are engaged by the holder, so as to leave several ofsaid edges and said sides of the bar completely exposed and free of theholder.

CLARA J. ALTMAN.

